1.
2.
[syn: shallot, eschalot, multiplier onion, Allium cepa aggregatum, Allium ascalonicum]
3. small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shallot \Shal*lot"\, n. [OF. eschalote (for escalone), F.
['e]chalote. See Scallion, and cf. Eschalot.] (Bot.)
A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in
clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or
eschalot.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rocambole \Roc"am*bole\, n. [F.] [Written also rokambole.]
(Bot.)
A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and Allium Ascalonium, two
kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called
shallot.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shallot
n 1: aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion
2: type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored
bulbs used as seasoning [syn: shallot, eschalot,
multiplier onion, Allium cepa aggregatum, Allium
ascalonicum]
3: small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs
used for seasoning